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(CNN)  Supreme Court  Justice Stephen Breyer (pictured) plans to retire, CNN reports, setting up a seismic confirmation battle at the start of a midterm election year as President Joe Biden tries to find his footing with his agenda stalled and Democrats divided in Congress. Breyer, 83, is expected to stay on until the end of the court term and until a replacement is confirmed, a well-placed source familiar with the matter told CNN. President Joe Biden has promised to nominate a Black women to possible replace Bryer, a liberal, on the nine-member bench.....  CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE AT CNN.COM clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview , CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTI...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eliza Bryant Village Keeps Older Adults Active with Field Trips Around Cleveland Fox Charitable Foundation funds trips for seniors to visit area institutions Cleveland, OH – Every day at Eliza Bryant Village we see the negative effects of COVID-19 on our senior community living in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. We know, through our one-on-one conversations with our participants, that, outside of the people with whom they live, often we are their only source of face-to-face contact for many of the seniors who attend our Adult Day program. As soon as restrictions were lifted, we began welcoming our senior community back to Eliza Bryant Village. What is the most difficult to put into words is the sadness, fear and anxiety our residents and staff have experienced during this time. Throughout the pandemic, many of our seniors have had a limited ability to go beyond the immediate neighborhood, except for necessary doctor visits. We are working to change that. The Vill...

Ohio State Senator Sandra Williams clevelandurbannews.com  and  kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -  Among four other applicants, Ohio Sen. Sandra Williams (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat who is term limited and, per state law, cannot run for reelection this year, is the party favorite to replace Stephanie Howse as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing state House district 11, which is roughly 67 percent Black and encompasses the suburb of Garfield Heights and largely Black parts of Cleveland. The Ohio House Democratic leadership, under the guidance of House Minority Leader Allison Russo, will choose Howse's replacement in coming weeks and the chosen person will serve out the remainder of her two-year term, which ends this year. The person selected would  have to win this year's primary and general elections to the seat to remain in the general assembly of Ohio. Howse resigned her seat in December  after winning the Cleveland Wa...

Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, pictured second from left behind the Women's March Cleveland banner, leads thousands of women across the Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio on Sat., Oct 2. Cleveland's march drew thousands and was one of the largest marches in the country. It was also was one of more than 600 sister marches held nationwide on Oct. 2 under the umbrella of Women's March National to protest recent attacks on abortion and reproductive rights by Republican-dominated state legislatures across the country, including in Texas and  Ohio. Every mainstream media outlet in Cleveland covered the event ( Photo by David Petkiewicz  Photography of Cleveland.com). The annual anniversary march planned for Sat., Jan 22, 2022 was postponed due to the surge in the Omicron Variant, organizer said at a press conference at Angle's Soul Café in Cleveland on Jan 21    By  clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenew...

  By Managing Attorney for Community Engagement  Anne K. Sweeney The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland 1223 West Sixth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 www.lasclev.org CLEVELAND, Ohio -The overall mission of the   Legal Aid   Society of Cleveland is to secure justice and seek to resolve fundamental problems for those who are low income and vulnerable by providing high quality  legal services .  As we paused this week to celebrate the carta of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are reminded of the importance of collaborating and working together to extend justice. There are several timely topics and Legal Aid news in 2022. First, due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, our brief advice clinics normally held at  Cleveland Public Library  will be virtual in January & February 2022. All sessions will be conducted via phone or video call. Interested clients can register by Saturday, January 22 and a consult will be scheduled for the week of January 24 - 29...